علاج كسر الكاحل: الإدارة الأولية للخط الأول

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DOI: 10.1177/1750458920988162

• Oral paracetamol should be offered for mild pain, oral paracetamol and codeine for moderate pain and intravenous (IV) paracetamol with IV morphine titrated to effect for severe pain.
• Clinically deformed ankles require urgent reduction and splinting.
• Any fracture should be stabilised in a well-fitted backslab cast or splint, with the limb elevated and a post-reduction X-ray arranged to confirm adequate alignment.